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granting or denying access) is governed
by 10 CFR 2.311.3
I. The Commission expects that the
NRC staff and presiding officers (and
any other reviewing officers) will
consider and resolve requests for access
to SUNSI, and motions for protective
orders, in a timely fashion in order to
minimize any unnecessary delays in
identifying those petitioners who have
standing and who have propounded
contentions meeting the specificity and
basis requirements in 10 CFR part 2.
The attachment to this Order
summarizes the general target schedule
for processing and resolving requests
under these procedures.
It is so ordered.
Dated: January 4, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brooke P. Clark,
Secretary of the Commission.
ATTACHMENT 1—GENERAL TARGET SCHEDULE FOR PROCESSING AND RESOLVING REQUESTS FOR ACCESS TO SENSITIVE
UNCLASSIFIED NON-SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION IN THIS PROCEEDING
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supporting the standing of a potential party identified by name and address; describing the need for the information in order
for the potential party to participate meaningfully in an adjudicatory proceeding.
Deadline for submitting petition for intervention containing: (i) demonstration of standing; and (ii) all contentions whose formulation does not require access to SUNSI (+25 Answers to petition for intervention; +7 petitioner/requestor reply).
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff informs the requestor of the staff’s determination whether the request for
access provides a reasonable basis to believe standing can be established and shows need for SUNSI. (NRC staff also informs any party to the proceeding whose interest independent of the proceeding would be harmed by the release of the information.) If NRC staff makes the finding of need for SUNSI and likelihood of standing, NRC staff begins document processing (preparation of redactions or review of redacted documents).
If NRC staff finds no ‘‘need’’ or no likelihood of standing, the deadline for petitioner/requestor to file a motion seeking a ruling
to reverse the NRC staff’s denial of access; NRC staff files copy of access determination with the presiding officer (or Chief
Administrative Judge or other designated officer, as appropriate). If NRC staff finds ‘‘need’’ for SUNSI, the deadline for any
party to the proceeding whose interest independent of the proceeding would be harmed by the release of the information to
file a motion seeking a ruling to reverse the NRC staff’s grant of access.
Deadline for NRC staff reply to motions to reverse NRC staff determination(s).
(Receipt +30) If NRC staff finds standing and need for SUNSI, deadline for NRC staff to complete information processing and
file motion for Protective Order and draft Non-Disclosure Agreement or Affidavit. Deadline for applicant/licensee to file NonDisclosure Agreement or Affidavit for SUNSI.
If access granted: issuance of presiding officer or other designated officer decision on motion for protective order for access
to sensitive information (including schedule for providing access and submission of contentions) or decision reversing a
final adverse determination by the NRC staff.
Deadline for filing executed Non-Disclosure Agreements or Affidavits. Access provided to SUNSI consistent with decision
issuing the protective order.
Deadline for submission of contentions whose development depends upon access to SUNSI. However, if more than 25 days
remain between the petitioner’s receipt of (or access to) the information and the deadline for filing all other contentions (as
established in the notice of hearing or notice of opportunity for hearing), the petitioner may file its SUNSI contentions by
that later deadline.
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[Docket No. ACR2022; Order No. 6396]
Comments are due: January 31,
2023. Reply Comments are due:
February 14, 2023.
DATES:
FY 2022 Annual Compliance Report
Postal Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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Commission must evaluate that
information and issue its determination
as to whether rates were compliant and
whether service standards in effect were
met. To assist in this, the Commission
seeks public comments on the Postal
Service’s Annual Compliance Report.
The Postal Service has filed
an Annual Compliance Report on the
costs, revenues, rates, and quality of
service associated with its products in
fiscal year 2022. Within 90 days, the
Submit comments
electronically via the Commission’s
Filing Online system at https://
www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit
comments electronically should contact
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section by
3 Requestors should note that the filing
requirements of the NRC’s E-Filing Rule (72 FR
49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 77 FR
46562; August 3, 2012, 78 FR 34247, June 7, 2013)
apply to appeals of NRC staff determinations
(because they must be served on a presiding officer
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telephone for advice on filing
alternatives.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at
202–789–6820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Overview of the Postal Service’s FY 2022
ACR
III. Procedural Steps
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
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I. Introduction
On December 29, 2022, the United
States Postal Service (Postal Service)
filed with the Commission its Annual
Compliance Report (ACR) for fiscal year
(FY) 2022, pursuant to39 U.S.C. 3652. 1
Section 3652 requires submission of
data and information on the costs,
revenues, rates, and quality of service
associated with postal products within
90 days of the closing of each fiscal
year. In conformance with other
statutory provisions and Commission
rules, the ACR includes the Postal
Service’s FY 2022 Comprehensive
Statement on Postal Operations, its FY
2022 annual report to the Secretary of
the Treasury on the Competitive
Products Fund, and certain related
Competitive Products Fund material.
See respectively, 39 U.S.C. 3652(g), 39
U.S.C. 2011(i), and 39 CFR 3060.20–23;
FY 2022 ACR at 4–5. In line with past
practice, some of the material in the FY
2022 ACR appears in non-public
annexes.
The filing begins a review process that
results in an Annual Compliance
Determination (ACD) issued by the
Commission to determine whether
Postal Service products offered during
FY 2022 were in compliance with
applicable title 39 requirements.
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II. Overview of the Postal Service’s FY
2022 ACR
Contents of the filing. The Postal
Service’s FY 2022 ACR consists of a
104-page narrative; extensive additional
material appended as separate folders
and identified in Attachment One; and
an application for non-public treatment
of certain materials, along with
supporting rationale, filed as
Attachment Two. The filing also
includes the Comprehensive
Statement,2 Report to the Secretary of
the Treasury, and information on the
Competitive Products Fund filed in
response to Commission rules. This
material has been filed electronically
with the Commission.
Scope of the filing. The material
appended to the narrative consists of:
(1) domestic product costing material
filed on an annual basis summarized in
1 United States Postal Service FY 2022 Annual
Compliance Report, December 29, 2022, at 1 (FY
2022 ACR). Public portions of the Postal Service’s
filing are available on the Commission’s website at
https://www.prc.gov.
2 In years prior to 2013, the Commission reviewed
the Postal Service’s reports prepared pursuant to 39
U.S.C. 2803 and 39 U.S.C. 2804 (filed as the
Comprehensive Statement by the Postal Service) in
its ACD. However, as it has for the past several
years, the Commission intends to issue a separate
notice soliciting comments on the Comprehensive
Statement and provide its related analysis in a
separate report from the ACD.
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the Cost and Revenue Analysis (CRA);
(2) comparable international costing
material summarized in the
International Cost and Revenue
Analysis (ICRA); (3) worksharing-related
cost studies; and (4) billing determinant
information for both domestic and
international mail. FY 2022 ACR at 4.
Inclusion of these four data sets is
consistent with the Postal Service’s past
ACR practices. As with past ACRs, the
Postal Service has split certain materials
into public and non-public versions. Id.
‘‘Roadmap’’ document. A roadmap to
the FY 2022 ACR can be found in
Library Reference USPS–FY22–9. Id. at
5. This document provides brief
descriptions of the materials submitted,
as well as the flow of inputs and outputs
among them; a discussion of differences
in methodology relative to Commission
methodologies in last year’s ACD; and a
list of special studies and a discussion
of obsolescence, as required by
Commission rule 39 CFR 3050.12. Id.
Methodology. The Postal Service
states that it has adhered to the
methodologies historically used by the
Commission subject to changes
identified and discussed in Library
Reference USPS–FY22–9 and in
prefaces accompanying the appended
folders. Id. at 5–6.
Market Dominant product-by-product
costs, revenues, and volumes.
Comprehensive cost, revenue, and
volume data for all Market Dominant
products of general applicability are
shown directly in the FY 2022 CRA or
ICRA. Id. at 9.
The FY 2022 ACR includes a
discussion by class of each Market
Dominant product, including costs,
revenues, and volumes, workshare
discounts, and passthroughs responsive
to 39 U.S.C. 3652(b), and FY 2022
promotions. Id. at 9–47.
In response to the Commission’s FY
2010 ACD directives,3 the Postal Service
states that it is providing information
regarding its progress in increasing
USPS Marketing Mail Flats (Flats)
prices, implementing operational
changes aimed at lowering flats costs,
effectuating costing methodology
improvements, and phasing out the
subsidy in Flats. FY 2022 ACR at 32. In
Docket No. RM2018–1, the Commission
codified and expanded the first
directive as rule 3050.50(f), which
applies to all flat-shaped mail.4
Accordingly, the Postal Service states
that the information required by rule
3 Docket No. ACR2010, Annual Compliance
Determination, March 29, 2011, at 106–107 (FY
2010 ACD).
4 Id. at 35; see Docket No. RM2018–1, Order
Adopting Final Rules on Reporting Requirements
Related to Flats, May 8, 2019 (Order No. 5086).
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3050.50(f) is provided in Library
Reference USPS–FY2022–45, noting
that the section titled ‘‘Costing
Methodology Changes and Subsidy of
the Flats Product’’ responds to the
second and third directives. FY 2022
ACR at 35–38. In addition, the Postal
Service presented its schedule of aboveaverage price increases for Flats. Id. at
33–34.
Service performance. The Postal
Service notes that the Commission
issued rules on periodic reporting of
service performance measurement and
customer satisfaction in FY 2010. Id. at
48. Responsive information appears in
Library Reference USPS–FY22–29. Id.
Customer satisfaction. The FY 2022
ACR discusses the Postal Service’s
approach for measuring customer
experience and satisfaction; discusses
survey modifications; describes the
methodology; presents a table with
survey results; compares the results
from FY 2021 to FY 2022; and provides
information regarding consumer access
to postal services. Id. at 56–89.
Competitive products. The FY 2022
ACR provides costs, revenues, and
volumes for Competitive products of
general applicability in the FY 2022
CRA or ICRA. For Competitive products
not of general applicability, data are
provided in non-public Library
References USPS–FY22–NP2 and
USPS–FY22–NP27. Id. at 90. The FY
2022 ACR also addresses the
Competitive product pricing standards
of 39 U.S.C. 3633. Id. at 90–100.
Market tests; nonpostal services. The
Postal Service discusses four market
dominant market tests conducted during
FY 2022 as well as nonpostal services.
Id. at 101–102.
III. Procedural Steps
Statutory requirements. Section 3653
of title 39 requires the Commission to
provide interested persons with an
opportunity to comment on the ACR
and to appoint an officer of the
Commission (Public Representative) to
represent the interests of the general
public. The Commission hereby solicits
public comment on the Postal Service’s
FY 2022 ACR and on whether any rates
or fees in effect during FY 2022 (for
products individually or collectively)
were not in compliance with applicable
provisions of chapter 36 of title 39 or
Commission regulations promulgated
thereunder. Commenters addressing
Market Dominant products are referred
in particular to the applicable
requirements (39 U.S.C. 3622(d) and (e)
and 39 U.S.C. 3626); objectives (39
U.S.C. 3622(b)); and factors (39 U.S.C.
3622(c)). Commenters addressing
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Competitive products are referred to 39
U.S.C. 3633.
The Commission also invites public
comment on the cost coverage matters
the Postal Service addresses in its filing;
service performance results; levels of
customer satisfaction achieved; and
such other matters that may be relevant
to the Commission’s review.
Access to filing. The Commission has
posted the publicly available portions of
the FY 2022 ACR on its website at
https://www.prc.gov.
Comment deadlines. Comments by
interested persons are due on or before
January 31, 2023. Reply comments are
due on or before February 14, 2023. The
Commission, upon completion of its
review of the FY 2022 ACR, comments,
and other data and information
submitted in this proceeding, will issue
its ACD.
Public Representative. Kenneth R.
Moeller is designated to serve as the
Public Representative to represent the
interests of the general public in this
proceeding. Neither the Public
Representative nor any additional
persons assigned to assist him shall
participate in or advise as to any
Commission decision in this proceeding
other than in his or her designated
capacity.
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
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It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket
No. ACR2022 to consider matters raised
by the United States Postal Service’s FY
2022 Annual Compliance Report.
2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the
Commission appoints Kenneth R.
Moeller as an officer of the Commission
(Public Representative) in this
proceeding to represent the interests of
the general public.
3. Comments on the United States
Postal Service’s FY 2022 Annual
Compliance Report to the Commission
are due on or before January 31, 2023.
4. Reply comments are due on or
before February 14, 2023.
5. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this Order in the Federal
Register.
By the Commission.
Erica A. Barker,
Secretary.
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COMMISSION
Dated: January 4, 2023.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[SEC File No. 270–315, OMB Control No.
3235–0357]
[FR Doc. 2023–00220 Filed 1–9–23; 8:45 am]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request; Extension: Regulation S
Upon Written Request Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services,
100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549–2736
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the collection of information
summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit this existing collection
of information to the Office of
Management and Budget for extension
and approval.
Regulation S (17 CFR 230.901 through
230.905) sets forth rules governing offers
and sales of securities made outside the
United States without registration under
the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a
et seq.). Regulation S clarifies the extent
to which Section 5 of the Securities Act
applies to offers and sales of securities
outside of the United States. Regulation
S is assigned one burden hour for
administrative convenience.
Written comments are invited on: (a)
whether this proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden imposed by the collection
of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Consideration will be given
to comments and suggestions submitted
in writing within 60 days of this
publication by March 13, 2023.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
control number.
Please direct your written comment to
David Bottom, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, c/o John
Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE, Washington,
DC 20549 or send an email to: PRA_
Mailbox@sec.gov.
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[Release No. 34–96600; File No. SR–
NASDAQ–2022–079]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC; Notice of
Filing of Proposed Rule Change To
Amend Rules 4702(b)(14) and (b)(15)
Concerning Dynamic M–ELO Holding
Periods
January 4, 2023.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on December
21, 2022, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
(‘‘Nasdaq’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I and II,
below, which Items have been prepared
by the Exchange. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to amend
Rules 4702(b)(14) and (b)(15) of the
Exchange’s Rulebook to replace the
static holding period requirements for
Midpoint Extended Life Orders and
Midpoint Extended Life Orders Plus
Continuous Book with dynamic holding
periods.
The text of the proposed rule change
is available on the Exchange’s website at
https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/
rulebook/nasdaq/rules, at the principal
office of the Exchange, and at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for
the proposed rule change and discussed
any comments it received on the
proposed rule change. The text of these
statements may be examined at the
places specified in Item IV below. The
Exchange has prepared summaries, set
1 15
2 17
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. ACR2022; Order No. 6396]
FY 2022 Annual Compliance Report
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Postal Service has filed an Annual Compliance Report on
the costs, revenues, rates, and quality of service associated with its
products in fiscal year 2022. Within 90 days, the Commission must
evaluate that information and issue its determination as to whether
rates were compliant and whether service standards in effect were met.
To assist in this, the Commission seeks public comments on the Postal
Service's Annual Compliance Report.
DATES: Comments are due: January 31, 2023. Reply Comments are due:
February 14, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission's Filing
Online system at https://www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit comments
electronically should contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section by telephone for advice on filing
alternatives.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at
202-789-6820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Overview of the Postal Service's FY 2022 ACR
III. Procedural Steps
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
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I. Introduction
On December 29, 2022, the United States Postal Service (Postal
Service) filed with the Commission its Annual Compliance Report (ACR)
for fiscal year (FY) 2022, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3652.\1\ Section 3652
requires submission of data and information on the costs, revenues,
rates, and quality of service associated with postal products within 90
days of the closing of each fiscal year. In conformance with other
statutory provisions and Commission rules, the ACR includes the Postal
Service's FY 2022 Comprehensive Statement on Postal Operations, its FY
2022 annual report to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Competitive
Products Fund, and certain related Competitive Products Fund material.
See respectively, 39 U.S.C. 3652(g), 39 U.S.C. 2011(i), and 39 CFR
3060.20-23; FY 2022 ACR at 4-5. In line with past practice, some of the
material in the FY 2022 ACR appears in non-public annexes.
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\1\ United States Postal Service FY 2022 Annual Compliance
Report, December 29, 2022, at 1 (FY 2022 ACR). Public portions of
the Postal Service's filing are available on the Commission's
website at https://www.prc.gov.
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The filing begins a review process that results in an Annual
Compliance Determination (ACD) issued by the Commission to determine
whether Postal Service products offered during FY 2022 were in
compliance with applicable title 39 requirements.
II. Overview of the Postal Service's FY 2022 ACR
Contents of the filing. The Postal Service's FY 2022 ACR consists
of a 104-page narrative; extensive additional material appended as
separate folders and identified in Attachment One; and an application
for non-public treatment of certain materials, along with supporting
rationale, filed as Attachment Two. The filing also includes the
Comprehensive Statement,\2\ Report to the Secretary of the Treasury,
and information on the Competitive Products Fund filed in response to
Commission rules. This material has been filed electronically with the
Commission.
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\2\ In years prior to 2013, the Commission reviewed the Postal
Service's reports prepared pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 2803 and 39 U.S.C.
2804 (filed as the Comprehensive Statement by the Postal Service) in
its ACD. However, as it has for the past several years, the
Commission intends to issue a separate notice soliciting comments on
the Comprehensive Statement and provide its related analysis in a
separate report from the ACD.
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Scope of the filing. The material appended to the narrative
consists of: (1) domestic product costing material filed on an annual
basis summarized in the Cost and Revenue Analysis (CRA); (2) comparable
international costing material summarized in the International Cost and
Revenue Analysis (ICRA); (3) worksharing-related cost studies; and (4)
billing determinant information for both domestic and international
mail. FY 2022 ACR at 4. Inclusion of these four data sets is consistent
with the Postal Service's past ACR practices. As with past ACRs, the
Postal Service has split certain materials into public and non-public
versions. Id.
``Roadmap'' document. A roadmap to the FY 2022 ACR can be found in
Library Reference USPS-FY22-9. Id. at 5. This document provides brief
descriptions of the materials submitted, as well as the flow of inputs
and outputs among them; a discussion of differences in methodology
relative to Commission methodologies in last year's ACD; and a list of
special studies and a discussion of obsolescence, as required by
Commission rule 39 CFR 3050.12. Id.
Methodology. The Postal Service states that it has adhered to the
methodologies historically used by the Commission subject to changes
identified and discussed in Library Reference USPS-FY22-9 and in
prefaces accompanying the appended folders. Id. at 5-6.
Market Dominant product-by-product costs, revenues, and volumes.
Comprehensive cost, revenue, and volume data for all Market Dominant
products of general applicability are shown directly in the FY 2022 CRA
or ICRA. Id. at 9.
The FY 2022 ACR includes a discussion by class of each Market
Dominant product, including costs, revenues, and volumes, workshare
discounts, and passthroughs responsive to 39 U.S.C. 3652(b), and FY
2022 promotions. Id. at 9-47.
In response to the Commission's FY 2010 ACD directives,\3\ the
Postal Service states that it is providing information regarding its
progress in increasing USPS Marketing Mail Flats (Flats) prices,
implementing operational changes aimed at lowering flats costs,
effectuating costing methodology improvements, and phasing out the
subsidy in Flats. FY 2022 ACR at 32. In Docket No. RM2018-1, the
Commission codified and expanded the first directive as rule
3050.50(f), which applies to all flat-shaped mail.\4\ Accordingly, the
Postal Service states that the information required by rule 3050.50(f)
is provided in Library Reference USPS-FY2022-45, noting that the
section titled ``Costing Methodology Changes and Subsidy of the Flats
Product'' responds to the second and third directives. FY 2022 ACR at
35-38. In addition, the Postal Service presented its schedule of above-
average price increases for Flats. Id. at 33-34.
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\3\ Docket No. ACR2010, Annual Compliance Determination, March
29, 2011, at 106-107 (FY 2010 ACD).
\4\ Id. at 35; see Docket No. RM2018-1, Order Adopting Final
Rules on Reporting Requirements Related to Flats, May 8, 2019 (Order
No. 5086).
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Service performance. The Postal Service notes that the Commission
issued rules on periodic reporting of service performance measurement
and customer satisfaction in FY 2010. Id. at 48. Responsive information
appears in Library Reference USPS-FY22-29. Id.
Customer satisfaction. The FY 2022 ACR discusses the Postal
Service's approach for measuring customer experience and satisfaction;
discusses survey modifications; describes the methodology; presents a
table with survey results; compares the results from FY 2021 to FY
2022; and provides information regarding consumer access to postal
services. Id. at 56-89.
Competitive products. The FY 2022 ACR provides costs, revenues, and
volumes for Competitive products of general applicability in the FY
2022 CRA or ICRA. For Competitive products not of general
applicability, data are provided in non-public Library References USPS-
FY22-NP2 and USPS-FY22-NP27. Id. at 90. The FY 2022 ACR also addresses
the Competitive product pricing standards of 39 U.S.C. 3633. Id. at 90-
100.
Market tests; nonpostal services. The Postal Service discusses four
market dominant market tests conducted during FY 2022 as well as
nonpostal services. Id. at 101-102.
III. Procedural Steps
Statutory requirements. Section 3653 of title 39 requires the
Commission to provide interested persons with an opportunity to comment
on the ACR and to appoint an officer of the Commission (Public
Representative) to represent the interests of the general public. The
Commission hereby solicits public comment on the Postal Service's FY
2022 ACR and on whether any rates or fees in effect during FY 2022 (for
products individually or collectively) were not in compliance with
applicable provisions of chapter 36 of title 39 or Commission
regulations promulgated thereunder. Commenters addressing Market
Dominant products are referred in particular to the applicable
requirements (39 U.S.C. 3622(d) and (e) and 39 U.S.C. 3626); objectives
(39 U.S.C. 3622(b)); and factors (39 U.S.C. 3622(c)). Commenters
addressing
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Competitive products are referred to 39 U.S.C. 3633.
The Commission also invites public comment on the cost coverage
matters the Postal Service addresses in its filing; service performance
results; levels of customer satisfaction achieved; and such other
matters that may be relevant to the Commission's review.
Access to filing. The Commission has posted the publicly available
portions of the FY 2022 ACR on its website at https://www.prc.gov.
Comment deadlines. Comments by interested persons are due on or
before January 31, 2023. Reply comments are due on or before February
14, 2023. The Commission, upon completion of its review of the FY 2022
ACR, comments, and other data and information submitted in this
proceeding, will issue its ACD.
Public Representative. Kenneth R. Moeller is designated to serve as
the Public Representative to represent the interests of the general
public in this proceeding. Neither the Public Representative nor any
additional persons assigned to assist him shall participate in or
advise as to any Commission decision in this proceeding other than in
his or her designated capacity.
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket No. ACR2022 to consider
matters raised by the United States Postal Service's FY 2022 Annual
Compliance Report.
2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the Commission appoints Kenneth R.
Moeller as an officer of the Commission (Public Representative) in this
proceeding to represent the interests of the general public.
3. Comments on the United States Postal Service's FY 2022 Annual
Compliance Report to the Commission are due on or before January 31,
2023.
4. Reply comments are due on or before February 14, 2023.
5. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this Order in the
Federal Register.
By the Commission.
Erica A. Barker,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-00189 Filed 1-9-23; 8:45 am]
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